Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Amount

$429,000.00

Award Date

7/23/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Microfluidics for malaria pathogenesis in AfricaSignificance: Malaria parasites infect about a billion individuals and cause up to 2 million deaths per year. A more complete understanding of the pathology caused by Plasmodium falciparum is needed, especi